Walk and roll to Main Plaza, and then to work, on Friday

The 17th annual Walk&Roll Rally is scheduled for 8 Friday morning at Main Plaza. An event by the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the rally is intended to get folks to get to the rally and then to work in an active way: walking, bicycling or by bus. Carpooling counts, too. Free refreshments, door prizes and information exhibits will be provided at the rally. Judge Nelson Wolff will be among the dignitaries talking about alternative forms of transportation.

“It’s good for your health, it’s affordable, it’s fun, it’s another way to get around,” Scott Ericksen, MPO’s public involvement coordinator, said. “And it fits right in with what the mayor (Julián Castro) is trying to do with SA2020 and the Decade of Downtown.”

The increase in bike facilities (from 30 miles in 2000 to more than 240 miles in 2013) and the popularity of San Antonio B-cycle are the two best examples that San Antonio is embracing the bike cultures, Ericksen said.